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RE: Steepshot: Anyone Can Build a Steem App like Steemit.com
This make me wonder what other kind of apps can be set up. The two big ones I could see is Yik-Yak and youtube. Recent changes in youtube policy means authors are getting less, so it would make since to set something up to replace it
Practically any kind of app can be built to take advantage of Steem's decentralized database, monetization mechanisms, sign in, and user base. Even existing applications like Medium.com, buzzfeed, Wired.com could integrate Steem to further monetize their content.
Very interesting, so if this applications were built on or intergate with steem would they be linked into to steeemit or have seperate content. Ex: take example buzzfeed, if they want to add could it be easy as add a link like those facebook and twitter ones?
Steemit is just a User Interface for the Steem blockchain. It shows the data that is stored in the blockchain. There are many ways other platforms could leverage steem, but essentially they have to post SOME form of content on the blockchain and get as many Steem users (they can have their existing users create Steem accounts) upvote that content as they can. How they go about doing that, and what content they host to the blockchain is up to them.
Cool, thanks for the great explaination. One follow up question. Do all interfaces access all stored data or are they seperate database on the same network?
The Steem Blockchain is itself a database and a full copy of it is stored on every witness's machine. The developer can choose to access whichever part of that database they choose and display it or not. I could, for example, create a note-taking application that encrypted my notes, stored them on the blockchain, and then when I signed into the application I would only see the notes I uploaded in their decrypted form. I would be seeing only my data and no one else would be able to see it except in an encrypted form.
Awesome. Thanks for taking the time to awsner my questions